(Above: Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson speaks on the resignation of Alison Redford and working with Dave Hancock)
EDMONTON – Edmonton’s Mayor, Don Iveson, says it was great to work with the Alberta premier, and adds that anyone who steps into the limelight of public service deserves to be applauded.
“It was really great to work with Alison Redford,” said Don Iveson.
“She was a premier who understood the needs of Alberta’s large cities, and I wish her the best in the next steps of her journey but thank her for her service to the province.”
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Iveson said work with the province will continue under the leadership of interim leader of the PC caucus Dave Hancock.
“I have a great working relationship with Dave Hancock,” said Iveson.
“I’m looking forward to continuing the work we have underway. We have a city charter to deliver, we have an LRT line to build, we’ve got provincial commitments around poverty reduction that they need to keep working on,” he added.
“So, it’s business as usual as far as I’m concerned.”
He said Redford’s resignation doesn’t create concerns about recently-announced LRT support coming through.
“I have no reason to believe LRT funding is going to be impacted by any of this. It was the government’s commitment to fund LRT. There were dozens of MLAs at that announcement. I don’t think anything changes for the southeast LRT line.”
Edmonton’s mayor watched Wednesday evening’s announcement along with many Albertans. He says it was clearly a tough day for Redford.
“As a fellow elected official, I applaud anyone who steps forward for public service.”
“I think yesterday was obviously a very difficult day for Alison Redford, but I think anyone who steps forward and puts themselves in the limelight this way deserves to be applauded for their service.”
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